My brother and his wife and their son, my nephew were just visiting me for a little over a week.  With it being winter and us being on an island off the coast of Maine there’s not a lot to do.  We all had our own projects we were working on, but we went for walks and hikes with the dogs a couple of times a day and we played board games pretty much every day:  Catan, Dune, Code Names, Word Slam, and Scrabble.

It was fun!

There was a time in my life when I would have been truly apprehensive about a winter visit with family like that.  I’d have been concerned that we’d get on each others nerves and that people’s feelings would get hurt.  We’ve had a lot of experience with that.

I used to go into family gatherings expecting to get my feelings hurt and I blamed it on other people.

It took me a very long time to realize that I was the reason those things were happening.  It was my thoughts that were generating these situations.

Yesterday in Masterful Living, Cassie reminded us of two quotes from A Course in Miracles that we must always keep in the front of our awareness.

“Everything you see is the result of your thoughts. ³There is no exception to this fact.” Workbook Lesson 16

“It is always the thought that comes first, despite the temptation to believe that it is the other way around.”  Workbook Lesson 17

Realizing that I was doing it to myself brought me so much relief because then I knew that I could put an end to those disappointments, regrets and hurts.  I didn’t have to recreate them anymore.

I was free.

Feeling truly free was such a relief.  I could now be loving with my family and stick to that.

People think that it’s hard or undesirable to take responsibility, but it’s actually liberating!

Today’s the day – let’s liberate from blaming others and step into the healing with taking responsibility.

This also makes it easier to forgive and that’s profoundly healing.

We’ve got power tools – responsibility, forgiveness, gratitude, Love and kindness.  We’ve got everything we need to awaken from the dream of separation and live a much happier life!

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